Family-style eating with balanced, nutritious meals gives children an opportunity to learn about healthy eating habits with support from their peers. UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start’s child nutrition services help families in meeting each child’s nutritional needs and in establishing good eating habits that nurture healthy development and promote life-long well-being.
Services
- Nutrition Education for families and children
- Height and weight measurements are taken twice during the year
- Nutritious breakfast, snack, and lunch are served each day. Daily menus are posted on the Parent Board at your Head Start/Early Head Start location.
- Child Nutrition Screening
- Six to eight week cycle menus
- Color Me Healthy Curriculum
- WISE (Together We Inspire Smart Eating)–WISE models, teaches, and promotes healthy food attitudes in programs that serve children from preschool to elementary. https://windywise.org/Home
Meals
All meals served in our program meet the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards for nutritional content. It is the parents’ responsibility to inform the Site Manager and Teacher if their child has any food allergies or if the child is on a special diet. A doctor’s statement is required in order for specific adjustments to be made to the meals served.
No outside food is allowed in the sites at any time other than approved food items for celebrations.
Tina Smith, M.S., RD, LD
Nutrition/Health Resource Specialist
UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start
Phone: 501-526-7345
Fax: 501-570-5011
smithkristinar@uams.edu
Nutrición
El estilo de alimentación familiar con comidas nutritivas y balanceadas les da a los niños la oportunidad de aprender hábitos alimenticios saludables con el apoyo de sus compañeros. Los servicios de nutrición infantil de UAMS Head Start / Early Head Start ayudan a las familias a satisfacer las necesidades nutricionales de cada niño y a establecer buenos hábitos alimenticios que fomentan el desarrollo saludable y promueven el bienestar de por vida.
Servicios de nutrición ofrecidos
- Educación nutricional para familias y niños
- Medidas de altura y peso dos veces al año
- Se sirven desayunos, meriendas y almuerzos nutritivos todos los días. Los menús diarios se publican en el tablero de padres en su ubicación de Head Start / Early Head Start.
- Examen de nutrición infantil• Menús de ciclo de 6-8 semanas
- Currículo Color Me Healthy
- WISE (Juntos Inspiramos una Alimentación Inteligente) –modela, enseña y promueve actitudes alimentarias saludables en programas que atienden a niños de preescolar a primaria. https://windywise.org/Home
Comidas
- Todas las comidas que se sirven en nuestro programa cumplen con los estándares de contenido nutricional del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA). Es responsabilidad de los padres informar al administrador del centro y al maestro si su hijo tiene alguna alergia a los alimentos o si el niño está en una dieta especial. Se requiere una declaración del médico para poder realizar ajustes específicos en las comidas que se sirven.
- No se permite comida del exterior en los centros en ningún momento que no sean alimentos aprobados para celebraciones. La Política de celebración está disponible en este sitio web.
Tina Smith, M.S., RD, LD
Especialista en recursos de nutrición / salud
UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start
Phone: 501-526-7345
Fax: 501-570-5011
smithkristinar@uams.edu
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